This rule is expected to be finalized within the next month and it will govern every decision made on national forests for decades to come.

Use your social media to helpJoin our social media campaign to tell the White House NOT to approve a Forest Planning Rule that would leave our national forests unprotected. See below to choose one or several actions to take:

Twitter

Send the following message or create your own. Just be sure to use the hashtag #protectforestsDear @White House, @Wilderness and I want you to protect our national forests. Please improve the new Forest Planning Rule. #protectforests

Donate a Facebook status update, photo or video

Donate a status update1. Send a postUpdate your status to tell the White House and Office of Budget Management to make key changes to the forest planning rule. Tell your friends to update their statuses, too.Step 1: Go to your profileStep 2: Use the below text into your status (please make sure to activate the @tags by rewriting them and choosing from the pop up choices given) Once posted your message will be received at the White House Facebook page:

Dear @White House and @Office of Management and Budget –

The @WildernessSociety and I want to protect our national forests with key changes to the new Forest Planning Rule. Please don’t put these changes on hold for 30 years!

Send a forest photo and a post

The best way to have an impact is to tell a personal story. Use Facebook to upload your favorite forest photo and send it to the White House and Office of Management and Budget.Step 1: Log in to FacebookStep 2: Go to your profileStep 3: Near “update your status” find and click on “send a photo/video”Step 4: Click on upload a photo/videoStep 5: Click “browse” and locate the image or video on your computerStep 6: Where it says “say something about this”, copy and paste the following note. Change “Say something about your photo” to your own personal message:

Dear @White House and @Office of Budget Management –

Say something about your photo.

The @WildernessSociety and I want to protect our national forests with key changes to the new Forest Planning Rule. Please don’t put these changes on hold for 30 years!

Send a video message and a post

You can record a personal story and message using your webcam and send it to the White House and Office of Budget Management. Make sure to tell them why forests are important to you and ask them to work with The Wilderness Society to make key changes to the forest planning rule.

Step 1: Log in to FacebookStep 2: Go to your profileStep 3: Near “update your status” find and click on “send a photo/video”Step 4: Click on “use webcam”Step 5: Use the Facebook tool to record your video and click “post”Step 6: Above the video, it says “say something about this video”. Copy and paste the following note:

Dear @White House and @Office of Budget Management –

The @WildernessSociety and I want to protect our national forests with key changes to the new Forest Planning Rule. Please don’t put these changes on hold for 30 years!